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West Texas
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Author : Paul H. Carlson
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-03-04
West Texas written by Paul H. Carlson and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-04 with History categories.
Texas is as well known for its diversity of landscape and culture as it is for its enormity. But West Texas, despite being popularized in film and song, has largely been ignored by historians as a distinct and cultural geographic space. In West Texas: A History of the Giant Side of the State, Paul H. Carlson and Bruce A. Glasrud rectify that oversight. This volume assembles a diverse set of essays covering the grand sweep of West Texas history from the ancient to the contemporary. In four parts—comprehending the place, people, politics and economic life, and society and culture—Carlson and Glasrud and their contributors survey the confluence of life and landscape shaping the West Texas of today. Early chapters define the region. The “giant side of Texas” is a nineteenth-century geographical description of a vast area that includes the Panhandle, Llano Estacado, Permian Basin, and Big Bend–Trans-Pecos country. It is an arid, windblown environment that connects intimately with the history of Texas culture. Carlson and Glasrud take a nonlinear approach to exploring the many cultural influences on West Texas, including the Tejanos, the oil and gas economy, and the major cities. Readers can sample topics in whichever order they please, whether they are interested in learning about ranching, recreation, or turn-of-the-century education. Throughout, familiar western themes arise: the urban growth of El Paso is contrasted with the mid-century decline of small towns and the social shifting that followed. Well-known Texas scholars explore popular perceptions of West Texas as sparsely populated and rife with social contradiction and rugged individualism. West Texas comes into yet clearer view through essays on West Texas women, poets, Native peoples, and musicians. Gathered here is a long overdue consideration of the landscape, culture, and everyday lives of one of America’s most iconic and understudied regions.
West Texas
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Author : Al Sarrantonio
language : en
Publisher: M. Evans
Release Date : 1991-02
West Texas written by Al Sarrantonio and has been published by M. Evans this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-02 with Fiction categories.
An Evans novel of the West.
The West Texas Power Plant That Saved The World
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Author : Andy Bowman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-08-08
The West Texas Power Plant That Saved The World written by Andy Bowman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-08 with Business & Economics categories.
How one solar power plant might chart a sustainable path forward for enlisting American capitalism in the fight against climate change.
West Texas Lore And Legend
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Author : Permian Basin Bookies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-09-05
West Texas Lore And Legend written by Permian Basin Bookies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with categories.
collection of prose, poetry and photographs from some of West Texas' favorite authors
West Texas
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Author : Mike Cochran
language : en
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Release Date : 1999
West Texas written by Mike Cochran and has been published by Texas Tech University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The Big Bend, the Big Country, the Big Empty. The High Plains, the Permian and the Panhandle. Cowboys, Cowtown and the curl of a killer tornado. A place where “you can stretch your eyeballs.” Where the Hale-Bopp comet, “hardly visible above some smoggy, light-polluted cities, looked like it could drop into the Pecos River at any moment.” West Texas, home to the state’s biggest legends, is chronicled by two authors who have spent most of their careers crisscrossing it. Mike Cochran and John Lumpkin, Associated Press journalists, bring their experiences to the pages of this handsome volume, accompanied by fifty photographs of the West Texas landscape, its people and its history. Converse with West Texas characters like Stanley Marsh 3, conman Billy Sol Estes, and Big Spring’s merry messiah, Marj Carpenter. Meet Gordon Wood, Friday night football’s winningest coach, and Groner Pitts, Brownwood’s liveliest undertaker. Remember ranching icon Watt Matthews, the founders of Santa Rita No. 1, and Lubbock’s C. W. Stubblefield, magnet to blues and country music stars. Honor Hallie Stillwell, Frenchy McCormick, and even modern art’s Georgia O’Keeffe, who put their stamp on Texas’s most fascinating region. A West Texan once said, “They show no pictures of my province or even neighboring provinces. They leave a big hole in Texas.” No more is that the case, thanks to Mike Cochran and John Lumpkin.
The West Texas Pilgrimage
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Author : M.M. Wolthoff
language : en
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Release Date : 2016-03-08
The West Texas Pilgrimage written by M.M. Wolthoff and has been published by Greenleaf Book Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-08 with Fiction categories.
A Captivating Exploration of Mourning and West Texas Hunter’s friend Ty survived war in the Middle East only to succumb to cancer at home. On a quest with his college buddies and Ty’s father, Hunter journeys from South Texas into the mountains and desert of West Texas to bury his close friend. During this trek, they’ll drink, hunt, party, and encounter unexpected people and enthralling landscapes as Hunter deals with his grief, compounded by his struggle with depression and obsessive–compulsive disorder. The West Texas Pilgrimage is a love letter to West Texas and the wild culture that defines it. Author M. M. Wolthoff vividly depicts the regional landscape, exploring intriguing stops along the way and the authentic context of music, food, and language integral to this generation of Texans, while frankly and thoughtfully addressing relationships, mourning, and mental illness, with characters as unforgettable as the region itself.
Explorer S Guide West Texas A Great Destination Explorer S Great Destinations
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Author : Judy Wiley
language : en
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Release Date : 2012-03-05
Explorer S Guide West Texas A Great Destination Explorer S Great Destinations written by Judy Wiley and has been published by The Countryman Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-05 with Travel categories.
Nowhere else has quite the allure that west Texas cities, plains, and ranchlands have; this book is your guide to it all. West Texas is where deep blue mesas at the Big Bend and the plunging, layered walls of Palo Duro Canyon inspire awe; where off-the-beaten-path towns serve fine cuisine; where you can find a Picasso original hanging in a jailhouse museum; where views go on forever and millions of stars come out at night. Nowhere else has quite the allure that these cities, plains, and ranchlands have; this book is your guide to it all. Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Explorer's Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more; a section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundromats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information; maps of regions and locales, and more.
Scenes And Stories Of Early West Texas
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Author : Dock Dilworth Parramore
language : en
Publisher: Texas Western Press
Release Date : 1975-01-01
Scenes And Stories Of Early West Texas written by Dock Dilworth Parramore and has been published by Texas Western Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-01-01 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
A West Texas Soapbox
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Author : Jim Sanderson
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 1998
A West Texas Soapbox written by Jim Sanderson and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Whether sprawled on barstools or preaching from pulpits, people need to make sense of their world, and in Jim Sanderson's world of West Texas, pulpits and barstools are where many of them do so. Sanderson himself stood for many years at a podium, teaching at a community college in Odessa, Texas. There, tired of academic papers and sometimes losing the distinction between fiction and nonfiction, he turned to the world around him to figure out the meaning (or meanings) of education and of culture itself. In a series of autobiographical ruminations, Sanderson develops the theme that frontier wildness is still alive, especially in West Texas, though it may be repressed by fundamentalist religion and conservative politics. West Texans, he finds, have to reconcile the two sides of their contrary natures: the farmer, best represented by the fundamental church, and the frontiersman, best represented by the sleazy bar. Through this theme of internal conflict, Sanderson weaves his experiences of art and censorship, Texas myths in film and fiction, the interaction of Hispanic culture with the culture of West Texas, contradictions posed by academic interests in vocational teaching institutions, intellectual elitism versus the real world, and West Texas women's definition and self-definition. Through the examples of his students, he shows how the quest for the West Texas myth--freedom, liberation, and fulfillment--is always transforming, whether for good or bad. In the end, he recognizes that his insights may tell more about himself than about West Texas, but by trying to make meaning out of his experience, he tells us something about the way all of us learn and think about ourselves.
The West Texas Historical Association Year Book
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Author : West Texas Historical Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The West Texas Historical Association Year Book written by West Texas Historical Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Texas categories.